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This is my first comment on the forum. Things look pretty ugly right now. Surgical results showed more cancer than I expected plus I had testicular cancer at 31. I thought I was done with this disease. I am starting radiation treatment this Thursday. They cannot treat my lymph nodes because of prior treatment 31 years ago. I am also a well controlled type 2 diabetic who religiously exercises to keep things under control. I am in great shape and look forward to getting past this third round of treatment. I would appreciate any comments on my statistics.

Sorry that your results were not what you were looking for. On the plus side, your Docs are taking a pretty aggressive approach that should yield good results a little further down the path. My statistics were pretty similar to yours except I was diagnosed with GL 9/Stage IV (so worse than yours). As you can see, my treatment was very similar to yours. I started with ADT2 (Lupron and Casodex). Nine months into Hormone Therapy I had the Da Vinci surgery followed 3 months later with IMRT. I have now been off the Hormone Therapy for about fourteen months and my psa is still undetectable. Thank God. For the last 2 years my treatment has been at MD Anderson. Hope this information is helpful.Dx 11/2102, PSA 14, GL 7, T4 (hot spot on rib)ADT2 commenced immediately, Lupron + CasodexSelf Referred to MDA in Houston 5/2013GL revised by MDA to 9Da Vinci at MDA on 9/2013IMRT - 1 & 2/ 2014Started ADT Holiday 5/2014PSA 6/2014 - < .1PSA 7/2014 - < .1PSA 8/2014 - < .1PSA 9/2014 - < .1PSA 10/2014 - < .1PSA 11/2014 - < .1PSA 12/2014 - < .1

I have been going to Sloan Kettering. After about 9 cat scans, mri's, and bone scans, they cannot find anything beyond the lymph nodes which has already been removed. Hopefully, I will have the results that you have had.

Your postop stats mirror my hubby's pretty well. He also got an unpleasant surprise with his pT3b, Gleason 8 (5+3) pathology report. Full details are in my signature below. He had about a 5 year head start on you, but the good news is that his PSA has been <.01 since he completed RT and ADT.

Wishing you all the best!Hubby diagnosed 4/09, age 66 - Small nodule on DRE, normal PSA, Gleason 3+3=6 with small % in 2 cores.2nd opinion 5/09- small amt, slow growing PC - can do AS for up to 5 years.Not a candidate for seeds due to anatomical issues.RRP 11/09, Path T3b- Gleason 5+3=8, positive marginsPost-op PSA went from .1 to .3 within 6 months, RT & HT started 6/10.Off HT 11/11, PSA's still